Vertical structure of tropospheric winds on gas giants

Abstract Zonal mean zonal velocity profiles from cloud‐tracking observations on Jupiter and Saturn are used to infer latitudinal variations of potential temperature consistent with a shear stable potential vorticity distribution. Immediately below the cloud tops, density stratification is weaker on...

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Main Authors: R. K. Scott, T. J. Dunkerton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-04-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL072628
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